About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. It lies about 6.6 mi north of Kansas City. The grounds sit at about 915 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Jeanne Eagels, Tom Pendergast and Charles Evans Whittaker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 715213. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forest Hill Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Muehlebach Funeral Home in Kansas City, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Jackson County dates to 1842. 1 of the 83 listings in Jackson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kansas City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 Supreme Court justice, 1 US representative.
- Jeanne Eagels1890-1929American actress
- Tom Pendergast1872-1945American politician
- Charles Evans Whittaker1901-1973American judge
- Joseph P. Teasdale1936-2014American politician
- Joe Shannon1867-1943American politician
- Jim Gleeson1912-1996American baseball player
- Hal Boyle1911-1974American journalist
- Vince Koehler1939-2005American film critic
People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.00490, -94.57186
What Calvary Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Forest Hill CemeteryKansas City, MOCemetery0.2 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryKansas City, MOJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Loose Memorial ParkKansas City, MOMemorial park2.2 mi
- Thomas H. SwopeRaytown, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Grange CemeteryGrandview, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Shawnee Methodist Mission CemeteryRoeland Park, KS · est. 1837Methodist cemetery3.2 mi
- Corinth CemeteryLeawood, KSCemetery3.5 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryRaytown, MOMemorial park3.5 mi
- Green Lawn CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery3.6 mi
- Woolford Farm Horse CemeteryPrairie Village, KSCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- Muehlebach Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Kansas City
- Muehlebach Funeral Care0.2 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 444-2060
- Louis Memorial Chapel0.2 miFuneral chapel · Kansas City · (816) 361-5211
- Kansas City Monument0.3 miMonument dealer · Kansas City · (816) 333-0075
- Serenity Memorial Chapel1.0 miFuneral chapel · Kansas City · (816) 599-2939
- Signature Funerals2.5 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 214-5174
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